SREL Reprint #1754
Cotton mice, Peromyscus gossypinus LeConte (Rodentia: Cricetidae), from the Great Dismal Swamp and surrounding areas
James L. Boone1,2,3 and Joshua Laerm1
1Museum of Natural History, University of Georgia, Athens Georgia 30602
2Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens Georgia 30602
3Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Aiken South Carolina 29802
Abstract: Livetrapping of small mammals was conducted in the Great Dismal Swamp and other areas of North Carolina in 1990. Five Peromyscus gossypinus were caught in the Dismal Swamp proper, and 42 were caught in the Chowan Swamp adjacent to the Dismal Swamp. These are the first published records of P. gossypinus taken in the Dismal Swamp region since the 1930s.
SREL Reprint #1754
Boone, J. L. and J. Laerm. 1993. Cotton mice, Peromyscus gossypinus LeConte (Rodentia: Cricetidae), from the Great Dismal Swamp and surrounding areas. Brimleyana 18: 125-129.
This information was provided by the University of Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (srel.uga.edu).